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tomorrow, garcia-torres is expected to enter a plea in both cases. >>> tonight, a mow were you ga school district plans to talk about the child sexual abuse claims it is facing. all four claims allege dan witters abused middle school students in the 1990s a public meeting is being held at 7:30 p.m. at joaquin intermediate school. >>> a mother and son are safe after a case of arson started by a molotov cocktail. when firefighters arrived, both floors were fully engulfed. the woman broke up to breaking glass and flames in the living room. she believes someone was trying to kill her and her 8-year-old son. >> this does appear to be some type of molotov cocktail being thrown through the window. >> firefighters found accelerants and that helped spread the fire quickly. the mother and her son escaped without injury. damage is estimated at $150,000 to $200,000. >>> earlier this morning, oakland firefighters tackled a one-alarm fire at an abandoned business. it happened at the budget appliance store. the store has been vacant since another fire there four months ago. firefighters suspect this mo
tomorrow, garcia-torres is expected to enter a plea in both cases. >>> tonight, a mow were you ga school district plans to talk about the child sexual abuse claims it is facing. all four claims allege dan witters abused middle school students in the 1990s a public meeting is being held at 7:30 p.m. at joaquin intermediate school. >>> a mother and son are safe after a case of arson started by a molotov cocktail. when firefighters arrived, both floors were fully engulfed. the...
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garcia torrez facing three counts of attempted kidnapping stemming from alleged attacks at two morgan safeway stores back in 2009. garcia torrez is also expected to enter a plea tomorrow in the sierra lamar case. >>> in news of the world tonight, in north korea the government announced it has successfully launched a long range rocket. u.s. officials condemned the launch calls it a highly provocative act. >>> in syria the main opposition group is being recognized by the obama administration as the sole legitimate representative of the syrian people. the state department said al nuzra is a front for al-qaida. >>> there's fighting in the streets of belfast again tonight. the battles have been going on for a week. age old rivalries between protestant and catholics. >>> the votes are in and the results mean facebook users will no longer have a say in policy changes on the site. more than 670,000 users voted this week. but the menlo park company said 1/3 of its users would have had to vote about 300 million people would have had to vote for it to count. >> sunny vale based yahoo unveiled th
garcia torrez facing three counts of attempted kidnapping stemming from alleged attacks at two morgan safeway stores back in 2009. garcia torrez is also expected to enter a plea tomorrow in the sierra lamar case. >>> in news of the world tonight, in north korea the government announced it has successfully launched a long range rocket. u.s. officials condemned the launch calls it a highly provocative act. >>> in syria the main opposition group is being recognized by the obama...
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garcia torrez facing three counts of attempted kidnapping stemming from alleged attacks at two morgan safeway stores back in 2009. garcia torrez is also expected to enter a plea tomorrow in the sierra lamar case. >>> in news of the world tonight, in north korea the government announced it has successfully launched a long range rocket. u.s. officials condemned the launch calls it a highly provocative act. >>> in syria the main opposition group is being recognized by the obama administration as the sole legitimate representative of the syrian people. the state department said al nuzra is a front for al-qaida. >>> there's fighting in the streets of belfast again tonight. the battles have been going on for a week. age old rivalries between protestant and catholics. >>> the votes are in and the results mean facebook users will no longer have a say in policy changes on the site. more than 670,000 users voted this week. but the menlo park company said 1/3 of its users would have had to vote about 300 million people would have had to vote for it to count. >> sunny vale based yahoo unveiled th
garcia torrez facing three counts of attempted kidnapping stemming from alleged attacks at two morgan safeway stores back in 2009. garcia torrez is also expected to enter a plea tomorrow in the sierra lamar case. >>> in news of the world tonight, in north korea the government announced it has successfully launched a long range rocket. u.s. officials condemned the launch calls it a highly provocative act. >>> in syria the main opposition group is being recognized by the obama...
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garcia torrez is expected to enter a plea at tomorrow's hearing. >>> transportation officials say bad brakes on a truck are to blame for a deadly crash in nevada. six people including the driver of the truck were all killed in that crash which happened in june of last year. investigators say the truck skidded 300 feet right into the train. today the national transportation safety board also concluded that the driver may have been fatigued or distracted by messages on his cell phone but they said there wasn't enough evidence to include that in their findings. >>> as a u.s. inched one day closer to the fiscal cliff, john boehner made a new proposal. >> americans have to be scratching their head and wondering, when is the president going to get serious. >> house minority leader nancy pelosi defended the president. >> he has said that he's willing to make some changes. but it's really important that any changes not hurt the middle class. >> reporter: pelosi also said democrats have already agreed to more than a trillion and a half dollars in budget cut this is year. more details now on ho
garcia torrez is expected to enter a plea at tomorrow's hearing. >>> transportation officials say bad brakes on a truck are to blame for a deadly crash in nevada. six people including the driver of the truck were all killed in that crash which happened in june of last year. investigators say the truck skidded 300 feet right into the train. today the national transportation safety board also concluded that the driver may have been fatigued or distracted by messages on his cell phone but...
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. >>> antolin garcia-torres is due in court on several charges. he is scheduled to enter a plea this morning charged with three attempted kidnappings that occurred in march of 2009. we will have a live update. >>> he was the last see and he was working on restoring his tore rick boat. mattingly's boat was still there but there was no sign of him. >> it is going to be rough to come down here and police will decide if they will search the water once again. >>> they are asking auto workers to avoid the fiscal cliff. the president will chair, after rallying for his support plan. they are raising taxes to help reduce the federal deficit. president barack obama met privately with house speaker john boehner over the weekend. it was the first meeting on the fiscal cliff crisis and the new point of views some are now expenses. runders -- renters may be dealt with by san francisco landlords. they would have to find out if it is option until. if passed it will move tonight full board.$♪. >> legislative leaders are holding a vigil to protect funding for a j
. >>> antolin garcia-torres is due in court on several charges. he is scheduled to enter a plea this morning charged with three attempted kidnappings that occurred in march of 2009. we will have a live update. >>> he was the last see and he was working on restoring his tore rick boat. mattingly's boat was still there but there was no sign of him. >> it is going to be rough to come down here and police will decide if they will search the water once again. >>>...
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alvarez was still searches for sierra lamar every saturday says it's time for test garcia thorez to give her up. >> i think he knows exactly where she's at. i wish he would tell us where she is so we can bring her home. >> prosecutors have decided to try him on murder and attempted kidnapping charges together. he'll return to court for a plea hearing february 6th. >> after years of legal wrangling in oakland >> i just love with the number as in he is an attorney representing the more than 100 citizen suits should be loosened the oakland police apartment 2000 accusing officers known as the writers for making false arrest and planting phony evidence. the lawsuit started all this. burris says he's pleased with the judge's acceptance of the compliance director. he says this allows the federal judge to have more control over the police department. the compliance director will have the power to demote or fire the police chief. this person also said an action plan for carrying out several reforms including the reduction of incidents of unnecessary force and racial profiling, and improving inves
alvarez was still searches for sierra lamar every saturday says it's time for test garcia thorez to give her up. >> i think he knows exactly where she's at. i wish he would tell us where she is so we can bring her home. >> prosecutors have decided to try him on murder and attempted kidnapping charges together. he'll return to court for a plea hearing february 6th. >> after years of legal wrangling in oakland >> i just love with the number as in he is an attorney...
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. >>> antolin garcia-torres is expected to enter a plea, he is charged with 3 attempted murders. >>> and he was stabbed at a christmas celebration in the park. the teen was stabbed in the chest and arm and police say his injuries were not life- threatening. >> i have two small children and it would make mythoi coming back around here especially late at night. >> i would control the situation, i would not leave them unsupervised. >> they say three people ran from the scene and police are still searching for them. >>> one of two teenage girls will be laid to rest. 15-year-old rachel and another teen was found early in the morning and each had been shot multiple times. no arrests have been made. >>> one man is dead after a shooting in front of his antioch home. coming up, remembering what happens. they are supporting his end of the year fiscal cliff. he spoke to house speaker john boehner and increasingly some republicans are willing to go along with president barack obama's plan to raise taxes on the healthiest of americans. >> i actually think it has merit where you go and give him th
. >>> antolin garcia-torres is expected to enter a plea, he is charged with 3 attempted murders. >>> and he was stabbed at a christmas celebration in the park. the teen was stabbed in the chest and arm and police say his injuries were not life- threatening. >> i have two small children and it would make mythoi coming back around here especially late at night. >> i would control the situation, i would not leave them unsupervised. >> they say three people ran...
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>> the man accused of kidnapping and killing morgan hill teenager is fastening charges. 21-year-old garcia torres was arraigned on the additional charges in san joses. he's accused of trying to kidnap three different women in morgan hill in 2009. le mar's body has never been found. today her mother has this plea slip hope and freeway pray with the holidays the accused will have l find in his heart to come forward with the information necessary to necessary to locate sierra. >> his next hear set for february 6th. >>> and antivirus software john mcfee is now in the u.s. he aroad in miami about three hours ago. he was released from detention today and escorted by great mall listen immigration officials. he was detained after entering the country illegally. he's wanted for questioning in the death of his neighbor. >>> a federal judge approved plan to oversee the embattled police department. we reported last week. that they agreed to the terms of plan. claim the officers a. -- brought authority including the power to miss the police chief. raided a pot growing operation one the operate say is f
>> the man accused of kidnapping and killing morgan hill teenager is fastening charges. 21-year-old garcia torres was arraigned on the additional charges in san joses. he's accused of trying to kidnap three different women in morgan hill in 2009. le mar's body has never been found. today her mother has this plea slip hope and freeway pray with the holidays the accused will have l find in his heart to come forward with the information necessary to necessary to locate sierra. >> his...
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the judgep ordered antolin garcia-torres to return -- judge ordered antolin garcia- torres to return to court wednesday to enter a police in the case. >>> new at 6:00 p.m., the bay bridge toll plaza is about to get a face lift as part of the grand opening of the eastern span. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar joins us with how the transformation may or may not effecting your commute. tom? >> reporter: commuters paid for this $6.5 million project a long time ago but now it will happen very, very soon. >> reporter: for commuters the toll plaza is a familiar site. that look will soon change. >> the exterior will get replaced with panels and they will be in a white culler to watch the -- color to match the building and that is designed to compliment the white color of the new east span of the bay bridge so there is a consistent design them. >> reporter: those colors coordinate with the cargo cranes that port of oakland. it would happen between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. >> the inconvenient will be small. the work is being done up above the traffic lanes. >> reporter: at the last gas station
the judgep ordered antolin garcia-torres to return -- judge ordered antolin garcia- torres to return to court wednesday to enter a police in the case. >>> new at 6:00 p.m., the bay bridge toll plaza is about to get a face lift as part of the grand opening of the eastern span. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar joins us with how the transformation may or may not effecting your commute. tom? >> reporter: commuters paid for this $6.5 million project a long time ago but now it will...
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antolin garcia-torres is now going to enter a plea in the sierra lemar case and three attempted kidnappings in the morgan hill safe way parking lot where he worked. prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in the sierra lemar case. >>> they saved two men when they hit power lines in san leandro this morning. 3:15 they were delivering prisoner uniforms to the sweeney camp facility on fairmont drive when they hit the low hanging line and the truck burst into flames. the driver who also happened to be a volunteer firefighter knew exactly what to do to avoid electrocution. >> most people would have stepped out and probably would have gotten electrocuted. >> reporter: they also poured foam on two large tanks. they had to wait until they could actually touch the truck. >>> there are still questions involving a couple found bound and gag on a residential street. life in the area where a horrible discovery was made last night. good morning. >> reporter: we are here live at the location where the couple was bound gag and left for dead last night. police say this is a normally quiet neighborhood and
antolin garcia-torres is now going to enter a plea in the sierra lemar case and three attempted kidnappings in the morgan hill safe way parking lot where he worked. prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in the sierra lemar case. >>> they saved two men when they hit power lines in san leandro this morning. 3:15 they were delivering prisoner uniforms to the sweeney camp facility on fairmont drive when they hit the low hanging line and the truck burst into flames. the driver who also...
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he tried to kidnap three went from a safe way parking lot in 2009 and antolin garcia-torres will enter a plea in both cases. >>> giselle esteban has more on her fate and what the judge said about handing down a sentence to giselle esteban 25 years to life. >>> it is about to become a public company. solar city is about to set a public offering price. the company hopes to raise as much as $150 million. and another co-founder of pay pal and space x said he plans to invest $15 million and that could affect other investors who are worried about the clean energy business. >>> they will consider scrap metal thefts and they will create stricter standards by requiring them to renew their permits more often. they hope to discourage scrap buyers but critics say it unfairly targets those in the county instead of going after the thieves. >>> the sonoma marin rail district asked for money to buy additional cars. that will allow them to run passenger trains at half hour intervals. >> sal is back. what is the latest on this cliff rescue? >>> we found out one person was seriously injured when the driv
he tried to kidnap three went from a safe way parking lot in 2009 and antolin garcia-torres will enter a plea in both cases. >>> giselle esteban has more on her fate and what the judge said about handing down a sentence to giselle esteban 25 years to life. >>> it is about to become a public company. solar city is about to set a public offering price. the company hopes to raise as much as $150 million. and another co-founder of pay pal and space x said he plans to invest $15...
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a 21 year-old and sullen garcia thorez now faces charges in the attack on three women in 2009. all three cases have been a morgan hill safeway parking lot. prosecutors say one of the attacks in 18 year-old woman was sitting in a car when a man tried to open the door. she read a pocket knife to defend herself to the man grabbed her hand and pull the blades are neck. he took off when she started screaming. thorez as though awaiting trial following his arrest in may in connection with the mars disappearance. >> the number of hate crimes reported in oakland and sampras's go dropped in 2011 from the previous year. that however this was not the case of san jose was on increase. according to the fbi's san jose reported 32 hate crimes in 2011 up from 24 the year before. oakland size numbers are from 15 in 2010 to just nine last year. sampras is the one from 63 down the 46. the fbi says nations the number is nationwide down. authorities say the new application is user-friendly and allows the public away to report serious crimes without going to the police station are calling officer to
a 21 year-old and sullen garcia thorez now faces charges in the attack on three women in 2009. all three cases have been a morgan hill safeway parking lot. prosecutors say one of the attacks in 18 year-old woman was sitting in a car when a man tried to open the door. she read a pocket knife to defend herself to the man grabbed her hand and pull the blades are neck. he took off when she started screaming. thorez as though awaiting trial following his arrest in may in connection with the mars...
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garcia-torres stayed in court and was officially notified that the new kidnapping charges. he looked vastly different. his hair has grown out and he looks thinner. he was arrested for the murder of missing teen, sierra, lamar. three additional charges were added to the complaint. he was trying to kidnap three women in the safeway parking lot in 2009. >> several people helped search for sierra and they say they are frustrated that he didn't enter a plea. they said it was important to come up to the hearing. >> he always waits at the door and you hear the chains. it is like, come on, buddy. come out. stop being such a coward. he needs to face up to what he has done and he is going to. it is coming, right. >> reporter: the public defender representing garcia-torres objected to the three additional charges being added to the case. he entered a plea in court. and keeps asking the judge for a continuance to review evidence. his next hearing is scheduled for february 6th. reporting live from san jose, ktvu news. >>> they have arrested four women in which the victims were found in
garcia-torres stayed in court and was officially notified that the new kidnapping charges. he looked vastly different. his hair has grown out and he looks thinner. he was arrested for the murder of missing teen, sierra, lamar. three additional charges were added to the complaint. he was trying to kidnap three women in the safeway parking lot in 2009. >> several people helped search for sierra and they say they are frustrated that he didn't enter a plea. they said it was important to come...
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garcia-torres has been accused of three other attempted kidnappings. the incidents took place in 2009 all in safeway parking lots. >>> cal students are calling to a ban to the salvation army from campus after allegations of being insensitive to lesbians and transgenders surfaced online. university officials are considering a campus wide ban. the salvation army denies any kind of bias. >>> sad news out of the entertainment world. popular mexican american singer jenny rivera is believed dead after a jet carrying her and others crashed near mexico. rivera appeared in concert last night. she was born and raised in long beach. she was named billboard's mexican music artist of the year. >>> a vallejo radio station is off the air again. it's not the first time the station has been trashed by vandals. the station's owner has his suspicions about the reason. >> it's ugly and discouraging and maybe even a hate crime. for the third time in a month now, they've attacked a small community radio station in downtown vallejo and knocked it off the air. >>> reporter: c
garcia-torres has been accused of three other attempted kidnappings. the incidents took place in 2009 all in safeway parking lots. >>> cal students are calling to a ban to the salvation army from campus after allegations of being insensitive to lesbians and transgenders surfaced online. university officials are considering a campus wide ban. the salvation army denies any kind of bias. >>> sad news out of the entertainment world. popular mexican american singer jenny rivera is...
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garcia torez's plea hearings will start this afternoon. jean mean della vega ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> a big-rig caught fire after hitting some power lines. tara moriarty is first on the scene at 4:30. tara, we understand the driver is actually a hero, a volunteer firefighter? >> yes, it was his quick thinking, he knew he had to jump out and away from the truck to avoid being electrocuted. one thing we want to mention firefighters had a huge challenge. head to wait for pg&e crews to arrive because of the live wires. you can see the big risk behind me and they waited more than an hour for pg&e so that is how long the fire burned. we could feel the heat just yards away when we arrived at 4:15 this morning and just hours before that two men were trapped inside when it snagged a power line. the pair were delivering laundry to the juvenile detention center off fairmont drive. he takes this route many times but for some reason he hit a wire. he happened to be a volunteer firefighter and he knew they had to jump away from the truck in orde
garcia torez's plea hearings will start this afternoon. jean mean della vega ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> a big-rig caught fire after hitting some power lines. tara moriarty is first on the scene at 4:30. tara, we understand the driver is actually a hero, a volunteer firefighter? >> yes, it was his quick thinking, he knew he had to jump out and away from the truck to avoid being electrocuted. one thing we want to mention firefighters had a huge challenge. head to wait for...
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freddy garcia is garcia torres is expected to enter a plea for the charges. >>> and it is now inclusive enough to be granted legitimacy. this paves the way for opposition. leon panetta said in the next few weeks, president barack obama will decide how many u.s. troops will stay in afghanistan after the combat mission ends in december 2014. other reports have indicated between 6,000 and 10,000 troops and they will probably stay in afghanistan to focus on counterterrorism and to advice afghan security forces. >>> they will have a little more cash as gas prices continue to drop. the most expensive is a gallon of $3.79 and drivers are paying about $3.55 per gallon and prices have fallen more than a dollar in the last two months. >>> they are advising it is nothing to be alarmed about. the flare-up yesterday evening was conducted as a safety precaution. the flare-up comes after a few months and it sent huge plumes of smoke after they posed a problem with a variety of health complaints. >>> all five members of the concord city council agreed they should review a similar ban in another city. t
freddy garcia is garcia torres is expected to enter a plea for the charges. >>> and it is now inclusive enough to be granted legitimacy. this paves the way for opposition. leon panetta said in the next few weeks, president barack obama will decide how many u.s. troops will stay in afghanistan after the combat mission ends in december 2014. other reports have indicated between 6,000 and 10,000 troops and they will probably stay in afghanistan to focus on counterterrorism and to advice...
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becker died suddenly after a routine sinus infection traveled to his brain his liver saved alfonzo garcia who's using his newfound life to support organ donation. >> he's my hero and he will always be my hero. i do this for his family. >> it gives me a lot of strength and it makes me want to do more. >> reporter: garcia is now a freshman at the university of san francisco and plans to ride on the donate life float in pasadena on july 4th. >>> the joke 100% was on us. >> now the regretful disk jockeys are music's, ready ! share the harmony... she'll be here soon ! she'll love this ! share a sweeter welcome... hey, hola, cómo estás ? hello, hey everyone. es un pla-cer co-no-cer-te. encantada. share everything. this holiday get verizon's share everything plan. unlimited talk, text and shareable data... ... across your family's devices, all in one plan. get a droid razr m by motorola for $49.99. u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, it took a minute to download a song. that's sixty seconds
becker died suddenly after a routine sinus infection traveled to his brain his liver saved alfonzo garcia who's using his newfound life to support organ donation. >> he's my hero and he will always be my hero. i do this for his family. >> it gives me a lot of strength and it makes me want to do more. >> reporter: garcia is now a freshman at the university of san francisco and plans to ride on the donate life float in pasadena on july 4th. >>> the joke 100% was on us....
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garcia torrez is also expected to enter a plea tomorrow in the la mar case. >>> a hayward woman displaced by a fire thinks someone was trying to kill both her and her 8-year-old son. someone threw a molotov cocktail right into the apartment on dixon street when crews arrived early this morning this is what they found. fire crews say the apartment burned for a while before people called for help. >> it may have been a 10 or 15 minute lapse before someone actually called 911. >> fire investigators say they found an accel era nt on the living room wall and that helped spread the fire. >>> high water levels caused that large sinning -- sink hole. >>> fraud and bribery are just some of the crimes reported against state employees. john sasaki looked at a list of those crimes and joins us now with what he found. >> reporter: it shows a government that has fraud and a large state of departments perpetrated in a number of ways. from april 2011 through june 2012 there were more than 1,400 investigations and 15 cases in a loss to the state. >> taxpayer money should be handled carefully. >> reporter:
garcia torrez is also expected to enter a plea tomorrow in the la mar case. >>> a hayward woman displaced by a fire thinks someone was trying to kill both her and her 8-year-old son. someone threw a molotov cocktail right into the apartment on dixon street when crews arrived early this morning this is what they found. fire crews say the apartment burned for a while before people called for help. >> it may have been a 10 or 15 minute lapse before someone actually called 911....
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becker died suddenly after a routine sinus infection traveled to his brain his liver saved alfonzo garcia who's using his newfound life to support organ donation. >> he's my hero and he will always be my hero. i do this for his family. >> it gives me a lot of strength and it makes me want to do more. >> reporter: garcia is now a freshman at the university of san francisco and plans to ride on the donate life float in pasadena on july 4th. >>> the joke 100% was on us. >> now the regretful disk jockeys are speaking publicly for the first time. >>> the our world collide in san jose as a player shows his charitable side. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. i just served my mother-in-law your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much... i told her it was homemade. everyone tells a little white lie now and then. but now she wants my recipe [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] she's right behind me isn't she? [ malennouer progresso. you gotta taste this soup. of green giant vegetables it's easy to eat like a giant... ♪ and feel like a green giant. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant >>> new at 10:00, ton
becker died suddenly after a routine sinus infection traveled to his brain his liver saved alfonzo garcia who's using his newfound life to support organ donation. >> he's my hero and he will always be my hero. i do this for his family. >> it gives me a lot of strength and it makes me want to do more. >> reporter: garcia is now a freshman at the university of san francisco and plans to ride on the donate life float in pasadena on july 4th. >>> the joke 100% was on us....
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that's captain garcia. he thinks he's joining "gma" to give a holiday greeting to his fellow troops still on the front lines. he has no idea he's about to see his wife and kids, right there, right next door with cam mathison for the first time in almost a year. cam, how is everybody doing? >> we are beyond excited here. come on, guys. we're going this way. but we're doing our best to keep it quiet, obviously, because captain garcia is literally, come on with me, right on the other side of this door right here. so, obviously, we don't want to give it away. we've been planning this far too long. but before we get to the big moment, the big reveal, let's take a look at the garcia family history. >> my husband's name is gerardo. i've been married to him for ten years. we met in the military. i caught his eye. and he caught my eye. the rest is history. he's a funny guy. he likes to make jokes. we are always playing jokes on each other or the children. >> he calls me the fuzzy man. >> is that santa? i have three
that's captain garcia. he thinks he's joining "gma" to give a holiday greeting to his fellow troops still on the front lines. he has no idea he's about to see his wife and kids, right there, right next door with cam mathison for the first time in almost a year. cam, how is everybody doing? >> we are beyond excited here. come on, guys. we're going this way. but we're doing our best to keep it quiet, obviously, because captain garcia is literally, come on with me, right on the...
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. >> reporter: this isn't a new situation for long time menlo park homeowner ron garcia. >> in 1998 we weren't living here at the time but there was a flood in the basement and we lost our water heater, you can see the water mark. >> reporter: the couple had already put sandbags in front of the garage as they continue to monitor the flood level. we watched this man at university avenue check for storm drain blockage with his bare hands. >> it didn't become the issue until i saw brown water coming down. >> which is where this guy parked his car. after we alerted him of the water he walked out barefoot to move it. the slow traffic was forced northbound. the palo alto's emergency operation center is active within the past hour, in fact, i just talked to the chief about 10 minutes ago, the menlo park chief said they're worried right now about the levy in east palo alto. water is up and over the levy so they called an engineer out. thanks to those concerns the area is open. you can check back here in about 30 minutes we're going to give you an update and give you an update after what's goin
. >> reporter: this isn't a new situation for long time menlo park homeowner ron garcia. >> in 1998 we weren't living here at the time but there was a flood in the basement and we lost our water heater, you can see the water mark. >> reporter: the couple had already put sandbags in front of the garage as they continue to monitor the flood level. we watched this man at university avenue check for storm drain blockage with his bare hands. >> it didn't become the issue...
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antolin garcia-torres was arrested for the alleged kidnapping and murder of usa. investigators say they found -- murder of sierra lamar. investigators say they found dna on her clothes and her dna on his clothes. they say they plan to have the cases tried as one criminal case. it's unclear if in the few cheer they will be split apart. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a shooting on an indian reservation in the central valley left five family members dead and two young children hurt. investigators say 31-year-old hector salia shot and killed his 8-year-old daughter, mother and two uncles saturday night. it happened on the reservation near see salia. his 5-year-old -- near visalia. authorities say he had a troubled past but don't know why he carried out. killings -- he carried out the killings. >>> an elderly man is still missing after he was last seen on mare island. the search may resume this morning. 77-year-old phillip mattingly was last seen saturday evening. he was working on his historic boat docked on mare island. police quickly became concerned be
antolin garcia-torres was arrested for the alleged kidnapping and murder of usa. investigators say they found -- murder of sierra lamar. investigators say they found dna on her clothes and her dna on his clothes. they say they plan to have the cases tried as one criminal case. it's unclear if in the few cheer they will be split apart. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a shooting on an indian reservation in the central valley left five family members dead and two young...
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. >>> antoe lin garcia-torres -- antolin garcia-torres faces kidnapping charges in the parking lot of safeway stores in morgan hill. he's expected to enter a plea to the murder and kidnapping charges in the sierra lamar case. >>> it later this morning, a court arraignment is scheduled for a fairfield man accused of killing vallejo police officer james capoot. want to show you some photos taken last month. this is when the suspect was taken in. >>> it's official now, four fire stations in contra costa county will close in the coming weeks. >>> a transformer fire knocked out power to more than 4800 customers. >>> 8:04. happening now, a new low cost bus service is up and running here in the bay area. in fact, two hours ago, the first megabus took off from san francisco, heading to los angeles. now, the company offers bus fairs as low as a dollar to go to sacramento. the company briefly operated in california back in 2007. >> 8:05. let's check in with sal, see what's happening on the roads. milpitas, 237. >> a lot of people trying to get in the valley. we had an earlier accident in palo a
. >>> antoe lin garcia-torres -- antolin garcia-torres faces kidnapping charges in the parking lot of safeway stores in morgan hill. he's expected to enter a plea to the murder and kidnapping charges in the sierra lamar case. >>> it later this morning, a court arraignment is scheduled for a fairfield man accused of killing vallejo police officer james capoot. want to show you some photos taken last month. this is when the suspect was taken in. >>> it's official now,...
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. >>> jerry garcia would sing, if the thunder doesn't get you, the lightning will. >> i woke up and i thought here we go. >> kind of came out of the blue, i thought. >> yes. and we had a few areas isolated, thunderstorms and hail reported in some spots. and that is pushing to the east into the central valley. that is the front moving into the mountains. where the sierra will be getting it, already beginning to see the snowfall. and it will increase through the morning hours. here at home, our rain is beginning to lighten up. a few scattered showers over the peninsula. redwood city, woodside, palo alto and san jose and light to moderate rain continues to fall along highway 101, the roads are slick out there folks. this will continue at least through the morning hours and scattered showers for the afternoon. light rain continues to fall over the east bay. although areas like concord and richmond and plenty of moisture overhead. still got the clouds. you may be experiencing some light rain or drizzle but that steady rain is pulling out. rainfall totals thus far, pretty impressive over sa
. >>> jerry garcia would sing, if the thunder doesn't get you, the lightning will. >> i woke up and i thought here we go. >> kind of came out of the blue, i thought. >> yes. and we had a few areas isolated, thunderstorms and hail reported in some spots. and that is pushing to the east into the central valley. that is the front moving into the mountains. where the sierra will be getting it, already beginning to see the snowfall. and it will increase through the morning...
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. >>> yesterday they attached an amendment to the sierra lemar that antolin garcia-torres is accused of. he tried to kidnap three brent a safe way parking lot and he will -- three women at a safe way parking lot. giselle esteban finds out about her fate and what the judge said about giselle esteban's demeanor beforehanding down a prison sentence. >>> they are considering a proposal to crack down on metal thefts. it will require them to renew and will help to stop them from buying scrap metal. it unfairly targets them in the industry instead of going after thieves. >>> they plan to talk about the child sexual abuse claim they are facing. all allege the teacher abused medical students in the 1990s and the district has agreed to meet with three jane dough's and another student who has accused the teachers. she has accused them and a public meeting is being held at 7:30 intermediate school. >>> on a lighter note, pam cook's favorite star is coming. justin bieber is coming and he performed a sold out show in the oracle arena. the concert will be june 26th and by the way, the tickets go on
. >>> yesterday they attached an amendment to the sierra lemar that antolin garcia-torres is accused of. he tried to kidnap three brent a safe way parking lot and he will -- three women at a safe way parking lot. giselle esteban finds out about her fate and what the judge said about giselle esteban's demeanor beforehanding down a prison sentence. >>> they are considering a proposal to crack down on metal thefts. it will require them to renew and will help to stop them from...
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garcia-torres was 17 at the time of those alleged crimes, but the district attorney is charging him as an adult. >>> president of the united states has made very clear that there will be consequences. >> the white house sends a very clear warning to end the civil war in syria, the latest on talks to find a resolution. >>> plus sad news for fans of a popular mexican singer and where authorities say they found the wreckage of her plane. >>> in a rush to get your holiday packages out on time is in the u.s. postal service is trying to make did easierment we'll tell you how. ♪ because we know how much you do to make the holidays just right. from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. . >>> egypt remains in turmoil tonight as thousands of protesters marched to the presidential palace. president mohamed morsi scrapped a decree giving him wide pours, but he is going ahead with a constitutional referendum this week and a mass demonstration has been planned for tuesday. >>> president obama is praising the rescue of an american doctor who was helping the peple afghanistan. a specia
garcia-torres was 17 at the time of those alleged crimes, but the district attorney is charging him as an adult. >>> president of the united states has made very clear that there will be consequences. >> the white house sends a very clear warning to end the civil war in syria, the latest on talks to find a resolution. >>> plus sad news for fans of a popular mexican singer and where authorities say they found the wreckage of her plane. >>> in a rush to get your...
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murdering morgan hill taters sierra lamar will enter a plea today for other crimes. 21 year-old antoine garcia thorez is facing charges any attacks on three women in 2009. all three cases happened morgan hill safeway parking lot. torres is still awaiting trial following his arrest in may for the disappearance of sierra lamar. >> a quick break and here's a live look at the san mateo bridge this morning. the traffic is really backed up here in the westbound direction this morning. coming up we will have the largest searches, biggest surges on the boulders year. -- surgeons on the google look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, it took a minute to download a song. that's sixty seconds, for crying out loud. we know how long a minute is! sitting, waiting for an album to download. i still have back problems. you're only 14 and a half. he doesn't have back problems. you kids have got it too good if you ask me. [ male announcer ] now u-verse high speed internet
murdering morgan hill taters sierra lamar will enter a plea today for other crimes. 21 year-old antoine garcia thorez is facing charges any attacks on three women in 2009. all three cases happened morgan hill safeway parking lot. torres is still awaiting trial following his arrest in may for the disappearance of sierra lamar. >> a quick break and here's a live look at the san mateo bridge this morning. the traffic is really backed up here in the westbound direction this morning. coming up...
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. >>> antolin garcia-torres will be in court for three kidnappings today. yesterday, the judge approved an amendment to attach the lamar case with those other crimes. it's reported that he tried to kidnap three women from a safeway parking lot where he worked. prosecutors say he killed sierra lamar and hid her body. >>> there are four claims alleging former students were abused by their teachers in the 1990s. the lawsuits were filed by three jane does and kristin kanane who helped convict of one -- one of her abusers. district thrill officials will talk -- district officials will talk about the claims at the school. >>> delta will be paying $63 million to buy 39% of virgin atlantic. delta is buying all of singapore's stake in virgin electric -- atlantic. that gives delta access to heathrow airport airport that it is has -- airport that it has wanted for a long time. >>> last month the u.s. retailers set a record for hiring, up 22% from last year. the experts say that could lead to stronger holiday sales as customers expect to get better service and employee
. >>> antolin garcia-torres will be in court for three kidnappings today. yesterday, the judge approved an amendment to attach the lamar case with those other crimes. it's reported that he tried to kidnap three women from a safeway parking lot where he worked. prosecutors say he killed sierra lamar and hid her body. >>> there are four claims alleging former students were abused by their teachers in the 1990s. the lawsuits were filed by three jane does and kristin kanane who...
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those incidents happened when garcia-torres was 17 years old. several years before sierra la mar went missing. >>> she is responsible for the children she was supposed to protect. there was an agencier back in 2,004 despite the state saying she abused her foster children. they report this past january, one of her former foster children told the county she was unfit. she was fired in july. cps cited the state investigation which accused her and her husband of locking children in a garage without food or water and charged with driving a car for her own private use. she has denied the abuse charges. >>> they arrested a man for killing someone in a road rage incident. the victim was on the phone with 911 dispatchers when he was shot. a driver called 911 early yesterday morning to report two women in a car had pointed a gun at him. the driver followed the women telling dispatchers he needed to get a description for the police of the two women. >> well the woman became alarmed and called a family member. soon after, multiple shots were fired. >> i was
those incidents happened when garcia-torres was 17 years old. several years before sierra la mar went missing. >>> she is responsible for the children she was supposed to protect. there was an agencier back in 2,004 despite the state saying she abused her foster children. they report this past january, one of her former foster children told the county she was unfit. she was fired in july. cps cited the state investigation which accused her and her husband of locking children in a...
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police have named three more men as suspects in the killing of kumra. 21-year-old javier garcia was arrested and booked this week. police also arrested another man deangelo austin in sacramento last night. a fourth suspect 22-year-old raven dixon was arrested earlier this month. she was charged with being an accessory in a homicide. >>> firefighters across the country are in new york paying their respects to two fallen firefighters. a 62-year-old exconvict set his house on fire on christmas eve and shot a volunteer firefighters responding to the call. he killed two firefighters and wounded two others. a funeral for one of the firefighters will be held today. the other one will be laid to rest tomorrow. >> it's pretty sad. these guys re doing their job. exactly what they are trained to do. it's something that is hard to prepare for. >> the gunman was later found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. police think he may have killed his sister. >>> the woman charged with pushing a man in front of a new york subway train has been ordered to under go psychiatric evaluatiarge of murder. she told
police have named three more men as suspects in the killing of kumra. 21-year-old javier garcia was arrested and booked this week. police also arrested another man deangelo austin in sacramento last night. a fourth suspect 22-year-old raven dixon was arrested earlier this month. she was charged with being an accessory in a homicide. >>> firefighters across the country are in new york paying their respects to two fallen firefighters. a 62-year-old exconvict set his house on fire on...